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Identifying Power Functions

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Which of the following functions are power functions?

f(x) = 1 Constant function f(x) = x Identity function f(x) = x2 Quadratic function f(x) = x3 Cubic function f(x) = 1x Reciprocal function f(x) = 1x2 Reciprocal squared function f(x) = x Square root function f(x) = x3 Cube root function \begin{aligned}f \left(x\right) & = & 1 & \text{Constant}\textrm{ }\text{function} \\ f \left(x\right) & = & x & \text{Identity}\textrm{ }\text{function} \\ f \left(x\right) & = & x^{2} & \text{Quadratic}\textrm{ }\text{function} \\ f \left(x\right) & = & x^{3} & \text{Cubic}\textrm{ }\text{function} \\ f \left(x\right) & = & \frac{1}{x} & \text{Reciprocal}\textrm{ }\text{function} \\ f \left(x\right) & = & \frac{1}{x^{2}} & \text{Reciprocal}\textrm{ }\text{squared}\textrm{ }\text{function} \\ f \left(x\right) & = & \sqrt{x} & \text{Square}\textrm{ }\text{root}\textrm{ }\text{function} \\ f \left(x\right) & = & \sqrt[3]{x} & \text{Cube}\textrm{ }\text{root}\textrm{ }\text{function}\end{aligned}

OpenStax Algebra and Trigonometry 2e, 5.2 Power Functions and Polynomial Functions, exercise 11

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